Will Johnson and I, after months of talk, finally made it to the "Grotto," a small basalt area near Jamestown. I got a copy of the 2 page map/guide from Ken Sims, so we had no trouble finding the place. Driving time is about 2 1/4 hours from Berkeley, about the same as the Pinnacles. The last 1.5 miles of the drive are on a rutted dirt road, but Will's little Toyota splashed through the puddles just like a 4WD commercial. The cliff is on the N side of the long basalt formation (Table Mountain) that you see on the left side of 120 on the way to Yosemite. The cliff band is several miles long, but most of it looks like choss. The areas is infested with poison oak, but the locals have blazed a nice trail (10 minute walk) up to to the wall. The big surprise is that, in the middle of all this bad rock, the wall drops down into a, well, grotto, with about 50' of pristine hexagonal columns on the main wall, and two short overhanging walls (ca. 30') opposite, forming a sort of triangle. Basically, there are crack climbs between columns, and sport routes on the short walls and on the headwall above the columns. There are about 20 routes (5.8 to 5.12), all within a few steps of each other. Will and I ticked quite a few routes - I'll just summarize with a brief comment. Cracks: Three Finger Jack (10d, 40') - JA led, WJ followed. Sharp, more like 10b Snake Bite (11, 40') - JA TR; about 11a. Will's fingers didn't fit. Rawhide (11a, 45') - JA led, WJ followed. Sinker fingers, painful. Go with the Flow (10a, 50') - approach to some of the upper wall routes, about 5.8. JA led Sport Routes: Chicken Ranch Bingo (10c, 70', ca. 10x) - JA RP, WJ PP. Slightly overhanging jug fest. An excellent warmup and the only easy route on the upper headwall. 10a or 10b. Clip, Clip, Wow (10+, 35', 5x) - JA RP, WJ PP. best route on the short wall. 10d. Geronimo (11, 5x) Will and I both worked this, it was a little muddy. 11b/c. Color Coded Quick Draws (10c, 5x). WP RP, JA PP. More jugs. Side Saddle (5.9, 4x) WJ RP, JA PP. Still more jugs. A.C. Devil Dog (11a, 4x, 60') WJ RP, JA follow. Cool route on the face between two columns with laybacking of both aretes. 10d. Unnamed headwall route (?????) I guess this is what I deserved for downrating all the crack climbs in front of the locals - on the other hand I knew it could not be "10+" Nice rock and bolts, though. What a day! We even met one of the locals and got to thank him for the trail and the nice bolts. Other parts of the cliff are under development, with trail construction and scrubbing projects ongoing. He mentioned that he had never seen so many parties in the Grotto - four. Joel Topo available upon request. It is also available at Sonora Mountaineering.